Only 600 were left standing in what was one of the costliest battles in the pacific front. The japanese were the most affected with heavy casualties and suicide cases.
The cathedrals using Gothic architecture.
This region was also politically unstable as there were different ethnicities and there was also rising nationalism in the region. Nationalism brought about tensions. There was also rising Serbian nationalist groups. Combined with the brinkmanship of the European Powers the area became a fuse to the powder keg that Europe had become. The Balkans has strong Cultural, Religious, and language ties to the surrounding Empires but they were in small pockets making nation building difficult.
The French Revolution and the American Revolution
